Super programs! Live music and various shows every day!
Yesterday we watched national Egyptian dances and even the animators put on national costumes - it was very beautiful! Charged with your energy!
Thank you all very much for your vacation!
Upon arrival, we were taken to lunch so that we would not remain hungry; after lunch, we were seated immediately. I would like to note that Russians are accommodated (unless they specifically pay for a sea view) in side rooms overlooking the fence...in short, the most crappy rooms possible. We didn’t bother too much, since we only sleep in the room. View of the backyard of the neighboring hotel and partly of the sea. Among the disadvantages of this location: noise from air conditioners and some other units from the same place, as well as from the squeak of reversing cars (trucks) arriving there.
According to the room: it is huge, no less than 40 meters, a huge bed 2m wide. Kettle, tea, coffee, water (all free) mini bar for a fee. Everything is in the room and everything works. But everything is confused with the sockets...there are 3 of them and they are all occupied (TV and 2 lamps by the bed). The TV is big and works. Russian 3 channels. The room's advantages: there are a lot of hangers for things, there is a chest of drawers and drawers in the closet, etc.
There is enough space to place things. There is also a terrace with a clothes dryer, a table and chairs on it, very convenient, but we didn’t use it. Liquid soap, gels, shampoo are not in individual packages, but in tubes. The air conditioner works, but it is very noisy, making it impossible to sleep at night. We left it during the day and the temperature was enough for the night.
About the food: there is everything for every taste, fish, meat, vegetables...nothing new or unusual, but everything is fresh and perfectly cooked. Ice cream is available)) seafood was included once...juices of all types, excellent quality, including freshly squeezed orange juice. The bars work well, but there are, as always, But. Depending on who pours, the drink changes...and also, in a beach bar, Europeans pour it in glass, Russians in plastic...Beach bar, the food is delicious, especially fish and chips and salads. In fact, you can try everything. Themed events around lunch are very cool.
Also regarding food, I advise you to go to a la carte Italian, they cook wonderfully! And of course there is variety))
The area is beautiful, quite large, with hammocks, charms and covered sun loungers. Everyone will find a place for themselves. The pools are clean and beautiful, the beach line is wonderful. Large, clean, enough sunbeds. Umbrellas, comfortable mattresses. Beach towels are of excellent quality and even a special bag for the beach. Almost everything is provided for your comfort. Of the minuses, the crows...this is certainly surprising. They drag food, croak constantly, climb...arrogant comrades in short...The entry into the sea is sandy and shallow, you don’t need to take aqua boats. There is a reef nearby where you can see fish. There is billiards, table tennis and a tennis court, air hockey, animation, shows, etc. but what I liked was that everything was very unobtrusive. A special recommendation is the spa center and their massages. I recommend taking 5 sessions, the 6th is free, you can also relieve your body.
What else would I like to say, the hotel manager is always present, controls everything himself, communicates with guests, apparently that’s why there is such a service. When going on an excursion, you can order rations at the reception, meager, but still. I would also like to advise that if you are burned, ask for a chatterbox at the hotel pharmacy, it helps a lot. It’s better not to go on excursions from BG, they promise more than they deliver. We didn't like it, and we weren't the only ones...
Another important point is that after renting out your room you continue to use all the services, the beach, food and drinks, although this is very rare and a big plus.
A separate plus is the concept without children. Of course, this makes the hotel much quieter and calmer.
To summarize, I want to say that we will definitely return, because the listed disadvantages are so insignificant that you can safely turn a blind eye to them. The quality of the stay is a solid 5, I definitely recommend it, next time I will choose this hotel again.
Prosperity to you and satisfied customers. And to those who have finished reading, have a great holiday.
Py. On excursions we met guys from other hotels, and what I want to say is that people paid 10k cheaper per person for a ticket, and the difference between hotels is simply incomparable, in Egypt it is very difficult to guess the service even among 5k. Therefore, I highly recommend this hotel for a trip without children.
2. Spacious room, everything is clean and comfortable, the hotel area is beautiful, the beach is wonderful.
3. The food is very tasty and different, the service is excellent, very kind, good waiters with humor.
4. I liked everything and the hotel and the beach and the service and the weight of the staff are kind and helpful people.
The check-in went quickly (it took about 20 minutes to fill out the documents and receive the keys to the room). The room was ready to move in, everything needed for two people was available.
The hotel is very well maintained, the beach is very (! ) clean, the sea is incomparable. The hotel serves only adult tourists, i. e. without children and it suited us very well, because there were no children's squeals and capricious scenes. There are enough sun loungers, both at the very edge of the sea, and at a distance. For those to whom the sea seems cool, there is a heated pool. But vacationers in the majority preferred swimming in the sea. On the beach bars with free service (wine, water, beer, fruit).
Our room was in excellent condition. The food is very varied, very high quality, wines and beers are very pleasant.
Dining service is simply impeccable.
Of particular note are the evening entertainment programs:
dancers, singers, musicians performed at both variety venues.
But I would like to note that sometimes the wi-fi was weak in the room and this sometimes created some inconvenience.
Speaking in general, the hotel is perfect for relaxing: the proximity of the cleanest sea, excellent food, well-thought-out entertainment program, a very attentive team and the complete absence of children's hysteria. This is a real five star hotel. I sincerely recommend it to you!
Honestly, I'm very satisfied. Everything is good: the beach, and the gentle sandy entry into the sea, and the territory, and the location. Before that, they rested in Movenpick in the same place in Sharm, and so he loses in almost everything to Iberotel.
The guys at the reception - above all praise, just great! Dima from the pharmacy - a special thanks to him, he advised, did not impose, he treated coral stew and sunburn. Chefs, confectioners - thank you too!
They cleaned up pretty well. We got a room like ears after renovation, but a friend, the door opposite, the bathroom was clearly fresher.
Now about the cons (for all my delight, they are). Firstly, I woke up exactly at 4 am - with the morning prayer. We live at home near the mosque, it seems like we are used to it, but those who are not familiar with the peculiarities of such a neighborhood, keep this in mind when choosing a room.
Secondly, there is a cafe on the beach, which is not related to the hotel, but on the last night from 13 to 2 in the morning we gradually “fun” with its visitors: they had a concert, and the music was heard throughout the Old Town, probably. So, too, a fad for those who will think where to choose a number.
Well, the biggest disappointment is a local photographer, about whom there is already a review below. A guy named Abdul is such a petty scammer. We were invited to shoot by his assistant Angelica, who did not say a word about the very minimum of 20 photos, although I, having read the review in advance, asked about it directly. No, no, as much as you need, we will do as much. I needed no more than 5-6 photos in printed form, we discussed this, I left an advance payment of $ 23. A friend joined, said that she didn’t need printed ones, but it would be nice to get 10-15 pieces on a USB flash drive.
As a result, having photographed us for about 30 minutes - we immediately said where and how we want to not wander for a long time, in the evening we were left with nothing: Abdul flatly refused to reduce the number of photos to 18 (my 6 and girlfriends 12), saying that he was spending money on taxi, and we used it. The bickering ended with me leaving him $5, only to have him fall behind, but warned that I would tell everyone about his scheme. The balance of $ 18 was returned to me the next day, but in old dollars of the 95th year (my fault, in a hurry and did not check), which resulted in my evening visit to the bank and standing in line. In general, with Abdul - keep your eyes open.
I repeat - the hotel itself is beautiful, from October 1 it will become "16+", it's a pity, I wanted to return there with my children and my husband. Thanks to all the staff!
The entry into the sea is perfect, there are no coral fish, every hour a boat goes to the reef (5 min. ), In principle, you can see the water world there (you need special shoes). The beach is clean and cleaned. True, as for me, it's a bit late. Bar on the beach from 10.00, there is ice cream. The animation is average, 2 animators, the guy gives 200 percent, but the girl, maybe because she recently worked there (Slav) is a little off topic).
Any questions are resolved at the reception, everything that was asked was done, but everything needs to be said, sometimes reminded. Rooms are cleaned every day, too late for me, ours was on the 2nd floor, cleaned around 12.00, but the children also had a room on the 1st floor, however, at the same time, probably depending on which shift is working. The fourth building was generally closed for repairs, but this did not interfere at all.
I personally have a negative and an unpleasant aftertaste left by the work of a photographer who offers their services on the territory of the hotel. I ordered a photo session for myself (I didn’t want more of my family members). I bought into an advertisement for a girl Katya, who walks along the beach and makes an advertisement for this photo shoot. Moreover, they say the photo session is free, then you come to the photographer, choose as many photos as you want (1 photo $ 4) and they send you to your phone (flash drive) as you wish. I came across a photographer named Abdu, a young guy, they seemed to have found a common language, the photo session was at 10.00 (it’s hot, all the photos are almost in glasses, I had doubts when recording, I thought maybe at 16.00, but they assured me that the sun and better photos are obtained in 10.00). Okay, we did a photo session (1.5 hours in the heat is tiring, I'll tell you), we agreed to take a photo on the same day after dinner. I came, started to look, of course he took a lot of photos, but my goal was to choose photo 10. I started to choose, sort, he started talking to me about some kind of minimum, that they say there should be a minimum of photo 20 (there was no question of this during the recording).
As a result, I selected 15 photos, he must process them, retouch them, and the next day come after dinner and send them to me. I left a deposit of $10 at check-in. , by the way, money for 15 photos (that's $ 60) must be paid when you choose a photo. And by the way, if in this turmoil my daughter didn’t remember that I left a deposit, the photographer wouldn’t even remember me about it (a strange connection between a photographer and an advertising girl). The next day, at the agreed time, there was no one at the appointed place, neither the girl Katya, nor the photographer Abdu. I waited 1 hour at the reception, then I called Katya, since she wrote down her phone number. when I took a deposit (and the Egyptian SIM came in handy here)). She was kind of surprised, but that he was not there, they say she will contact him now, then she called back, said that he had a photo shoot in another hotel (at 20:00? ). As for the photos, he will drop them in viber, she started sending photos, they were just photos on the phone (not files), until my husband connected. He said that he would raise the question of the expediency of finding their office on the territory of the hotel if there was no photo. She started calling, the photographer got in touch with me.
He emailed me the photo files. But to make it clear, in their or his understanding, to process a photo is to put it in some kind of program, add color brightness (grass is such that it eats away the eyes), nothing was done about the agreed nuances, where it was really necessary to retouch. It seems that he did almost nothing with those photos at all, but simply passed them through some kind of program (which I can do myself) in 5 minutes and that's it. Yes, against this background, so as not to be unfounded, no one even warned about the delay or that the photographer would not be there until I myself started looking for him. And they had a connection with me, that is, they even warned that somehow something was changing, it never occurred to anyone, but why, the money had already been paid. Let my sad experience of a photo shoot with these people (I really wanted to, although in Ukraine you can do it better and much cheaper, but there is no such background) will be an example for someone. I don’t know how the rest work, but the work of these people looks like a scam!
This nuance has nothing to do with the staff and service in the hotel itself, other than that they just apparently rent a place. But let the hotel administration know what unprofessional and low-quality services are provided on their territory.
But in general, the rest is wonderful, I recommend the hotel !! !
Specificity - small, not for lovers of vast territories. In my opinion, this is a plus, everything is available in 2-3 minutes walk.
Sandy beach in a closed bay with a good smooth entry into the sea along the entire length of the beach, no coral crust, no corals - convenient and safe. The beach is large - about 150 meters long, the buoys are pushed back by 50-70 meters, there is where to swim. There are no corals as such, except for a couple of bushes at the bottom, which are still to be looked for. But from the beach there is a free boat to the exit from the bay to the coral, accompanied by a lifeguard from the hotel. You can swim at your leisure and admire the corals and fish.
The bay is considered windless and is the number 1 choice when relaxing in winter. There is a slight breeze from the sea, but in the heat it is even pleasant.
Minus - nearby in the bay banana skiing, water skiing, pleasure yachts - can bring exhaust gases from all these boats.
Depends on the direction of the wind. But in the morning, until ten o'clock, the air is always clean, then how lucky.
The rooms are comfortable, equipped with everything you need, they are updating the rooms, but without changing the design, minor repairs and tinting. The rooms are clean, cleaning daily. Bed linen is white and towels are changed daily.
Minus - after the repair, the dryers on the terraces were removed, now the swimsuits have to be dried on the backs of the chairs.
Food - for Egypt is just excellent. You can pick up almost any taste, you will not stay hungry. There's just enough, I've never seen anything end. For dinner, they try to make a "dish of the day" - usually something baked or on coals - salmon, duck, turkey, kebabs, seafood, etc.
There is always at least 2 types of meat - beef and chicken, and fish or seafood, there is a children's menu (not relevant for us)
Two restaurants - shared La Cupole and Blue Marine - adults only (from 16)
Service - the staff is very friendly, attentive, trying to help as much as possible, but at the same time unobtrusive. Tips are welcome, but not extorted. Service in any case will be at a high level.
There is a Russian-speaking Guest Relations. But the staff at the reception usually speak Russian and English well. Every day they collect feedback - they themselves are interested in whether everything is fine, whether there are any problems. This is probably for those who are especially shy, since it’s not a problem to just approach or call the reception and they will try to solve the problem as far as possible.
There is a well-equipped gym (it is not very popular and it is convenient, since you will either work out completely alone, or 1-2 more people maximum), tennis courts (for a fee) - probably good in winter, but summer-autumn is too hot to play.
SPA - hammam, swimming pool, massage. You need to sign up for a hammam, it's free, massage is paid, good discounts.
Swimming pools - small, two in the center of the hotel - central (with a bar) and children, one in the SPA. Central heated in winter.
Wi-Fi - best in the bar near the lobby and on the terrace next to the lobby.
in restaurants and on the beach - catches, but not good. This is the second time we just take a Vodafone SIM card and the question of the Internet is not at all.
If there are no special requests - I recommend at the rate of 1 day - 1 GB - enough for social. networks, youtube and about an hour of video calls.
The territory is small, well-groomed, beautiful.
To the right of the entrance to the lobby are shops and a pharmacy. Prices are almost like in the city, you can bargain.
Location - the old market area, you can go for a walk, just opposite the shopping center (souvenirs, everything for the beach and swimming, pharmacies, a bank), a little further - a beautiful mosque, and the square in front of it, around - market shops. To the left of the mosque is one of the Faros restaurants.
The market already has to fend off the persistent offers of sellers, but compared to Nama Bay, the level of importunity is lower.